Planning the Landing Strip

[Tavis]

I have just updated The Landing Strip for this forum implementation.

• All of the links regarding the forums, subforums, new topics, staff members, and other relevant forum links have been updated to point to this one instead of the old forum.
• Sabre was removed from the listed moderators, and Zaaphod has been added.
• The PM links were removed; everyone can access them from the profile links anyway.
• The bulk of "Getting Started" was removed because they do not apply to this implementation and rewriting the tutorial for making new profiles would delay this update for too long.
• I also took the hosting offer down; members are welcome to seek or offer hosting privately.

[Steve the Pocket]

• I also took the hosting offer down; members are welcome to seek or offer hosting privately.

You might also want to do something about Felix's thread (in this forum) offering image hosting. He's no longer a member here; at the very least you can ask what he wants done with it.

[Dr. Doog]

• Should the reference to "Ozy and Millie by David Craig Simpson." be changed to Dana Claire?
• Should the reference to "the admins Simon a.k.a. 5hfifty and Likeafox" be changed to just LAF?

[Tavis]

Yeah, I think The Landing Strip needs a major overhaul. Since the last edit, we've added a forum, discussed a lot of policies, and moved the entire discussion board again, this time to a new server.

Please, please, I would like to entertain some more discussion on how this important welcoming post needs to be improved.

[Tavis]

Newest edits to The Landing Strip:

• The two paragraphs citing "Site Conduct" have been given a section heading.
  • A clarification has been added to the end to explicitly state what is and what is not appropriate for this discussion board.
  • Another paragraph was added to provide common sense in the event of a forum argument.
  • Other than the names and links to the moderating staff, the paragraphs themselves have remained unchanged.
• Links to the forums themselves have been corrected to match the present layout, and the names of the sections have been removed as in the layout as well.
• Older Posts has been modified to accoint for House Rules being a seperate forum from Current Strips
• A sentence has been added to recommend linking to older topics from a new one.
• The IRC section has been updated to remove irc.acidchat.net and manc.acidchat.net from the list of servers and to add wtfux.acidchat.net.
• A link to the Acidchat site has also been added to allow members to check the site for new servers and server status.
• The Hosting section was edited to reflect the fact that members cannot upload images to DC in their posts. This was a feature in the previous forum implementation, which was changed last February.

[*] (oops) Replaced all the links pointing to definecynical.mancubus.net with ones to www.definecynical.net.
If you see any errors I have missed here, please contact me or post it in this topic.

[CodeCat]

Another little point: Update the list of colourists for HouseRules.

[Tavis]

Oops? Okay... to the best of my knowledge, the current colorists of House Rules are Caigan, CodeCat, IceDragon, and Octan. Am I missing anyone?

Edit: Are Allison and Ghostway still coloring there?

[CodeCat]

Allison hasn't been around even since I started, and I think Ghostway left recently, not sure. Best to ask Caigan really.

[The Donmeister]

The link to The Attic (Other Important Places) no longer works, and I don't think the Yahoo group exists anymore.

[Richard K Niner]

The link to The Attic (Other Important Places) no longer works

Try this one

[Kyler Thatch]

With the way the archives are arranged now, The Attic seems a little redundant.

[Steve the Pocket]

Not true. Now that there is no longer a search feature, the best way to find a certain strip is to look in the Attic and use the browser's Find command.

[The Donmeister]

I was wondering if the "General Discussion" reference should be updated to say "Ozy and Millie" instead.

[Dr. Doog]

definitely.

[Tom Flapwell]

A couple of suggestions:

1. Since the Yahoo! mailing list has been discontinued, either remove the link or make a note that it's only archives now.

2. I realize that DCS doesn't own the place, but you might say politely not to bring up Ralph Hayes, Jr. or any of his creations.